Reclaiming the Future: A Beginner's Guide to Planning the Economy

‘An engaging assessment of the most urgent problem of our generation: how to transcend capitalism in order to build a real democracy’ Alfredo Saad-Filho, University of Johannesburg, South Africa, and LUT University, Finland

‘Emphasises the urgent need for a vision of a Utopia that reclaims ecosocialist and democratic futures’ Catherine Samary, co-editor of Decolonial Communism, Democracy and the Commons

In a world gripped by endless crises and climate breakdown, the demand to reshape our economic system has never been more urgent. Reclaiming the Future by Simon Hannah is a beginner’s guide to planning a new economy, taking readers on a transformative journey towards a radically democratic society where the power and control over our lives are firmly in our hands. 

Decades of right-wing scaremongering have tried to consign economic planning to the dustbin, but the need for it is greater than ever - it might be the only thing that can save us from climate catastrophe. In this myth-busting and accessible guide, Hannah suggests the building blocks for a grassroots economy of radical abundance within planetary limits.

Simon Hannah is a writer, activist, and trade unionist. He is an assistant branch secretary in UNISON and has written several books, including A Party With Socialists In It.